Labrador zwemt 16km.
Geplaatst: 19 okt 2010 16:22
Ik zag net op tv een verhaal over een labrador die 16km naar huis gezwommen is nadat hij overboord was gevallen.
Net even gegoogled en het is een oud verhaal, maar wat een wonder dat die hond het heeft overleefd en wat een doorzettingsvermogen heeft die hond zeg.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2148577.stm
Todd the dog proved his loyalty to his master when he fell overboard from a yacht and determinedly swam 10 miles in the direction of home.
The two-year-old Labrador was feared dead when he disappeared from the deck of Peter Loizou's boat a mile off the Isle of Wight.
Mr Loizou spent four frantic hours searching the choppy seas for his pet but finally gave up hope of ever seeing him again.
But he had not reckoned on Todd's doggedness.
The plucky hound had already struck for the shore across the busy shipping lane of the Solent, battling against offshore winds pushing him in the opposite direction.
And instead of heading for the Isle of Wight - just a mile away - Todd's homing instinct made him take the much longer route to safety.
Then, not content with just reaching dry land, the dog made for his New Forest home, taking a detour up the River Beaulieu.
Ten miles and six hours of doggy paddling later, an exhausted Todd clambered up the river bank at the village of Beaulieu - just eight miles from his home in Winsor, near Cadnam.
He was found by a 16-year-old boy and taken to police who scanned his microchip and reunited him with his stunned and relieved owner.
Net even gegoogled en het is een oud verhaal, maar wat een wonder dat die hond het heeft overleefd en wat een doorzettingsvermogen heeft die hond zeg.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2148577.stm
Todd the dog proved his loyalty to his master when he fell overboard from a yacht and determinedly swam 10 miles in the direction of home.
The two-year-old Labrador was feared dead when he disappeared from the deck of Peter Loizou's boat a mile off the Isle of Wight.
Mr Loizou spent four frantic hours searching the choppy seas for his pet but finally gave up hope of ever seeing him again.
But he had not reckoned on Todd's doggedness.
The plucky hound had already struck for the shore across the busy shipping lane of the Solent, battling against offshore winds pushing him in the opposite direction.
And instead of heading for the Isle of Wight - just a mile away - Todd's homing instinct made him take the much longer route to safety.
Then, not content with just reaching dry land, the dog made for his New Forest home, taking a detour up the River Beaulieu.
Ten miles and six hours of doggy paddling later, an exhausted Todd clambered up the river bank at the village of Beaulieu - just eight miles from his home in Winsor, near Cadnam.
He was found by a 16-year-old boy and taken to police who scanned his microchip and reunited him with his stunned and relieved owner.
En de eigenaar ook natuurlijk!
